UTSA receives $2.5 million grant to research Hispanic student retention

By Jo Ann Jones | September 05, 2014

UTSA President Ricardo Romo, along with Congressman Joaquin Castro, today announced a five-year $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education that will go to the UTSA Academy for Teacher Excellence (ATE). The Sustainable Support System for Student Success (S5) grant will be used to support research on Hispanic student retention.

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COEHD names two new department chairs

By Jo Ann Jones | September 03, 2014

The College of Education and Human Development has named Dr. Jeremy Sullivan, associate professor, and Dr. William Cooke, professor, as department chairs for the Department of Educational Psychology and Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition, respectively. Both faculty members began their new terms at the start of the 2014-2015 school year.

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Associate Professor Wan Xiang Yao tapped to lead two UTSA institutes

By Jo Ann Jones | September 02, 2014

The UTSA Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs has named Associate Professor Wan Xiang Yao as director of both the East Asia Institute and Confucius Institute. His appointment was effective Sept. 1.

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September is National School Success Month

By Guest Columnist (National Center for Accelerated School) | August 29, 2014

Understanding the National Center for Accelerated Schools and their school successes

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ELPS professor to present at panel in Washington, D.C.

By Jo Ann Jones | August 29, 2014

Dr. Anne-Marie Nuñez, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, will present her research at a panel in the United States Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C. from 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 2.

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The Meaning of Pink

By Jake New | August 29, 2014

(INSIDE HIGHER ED) -- For more than three decades, the walls of the visitors' locker room at the University of Iowa's Kinnick Stadium have been pink. When the football stadium was renovated in 2005, the university took the theme even further, adding new lockers, showers, and urinals all featuring various shades of the color.

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Black Boys in Crisis: The Job Outlook

By Education Week | September 02, 2014

(EDUCATION WEEK) -- Black Boys in Crisis: The Job Outlook -- Twitter

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Blaming the Victims?

By Michael Stratford | September 03, 2014

(INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION) -- WASHINGTON -- Since President Obama announced his college ratings plan more than a year ago, many higher education groups here have mounted the political equivalent of a full-court press against the proposal: They’ve lobbied the administration directly, publicly criticized it, and won allies in Congress from both parties, some of whom are now plotting ways to legislatively block the ratings.

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Teachers, Business Groups Want Different Action Following School Finance Decision

By RYAN POPPE | September 03, 2014

(TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO) -- Texas teacher trade associations are calling on state lawmakers to begin drafting a budget that addresses yesterday's decision in the school finance trial. But one state business group has a different stance.

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E-cigarettes may promote illicit drug use and addiction

By Karin Eskenazi | September 04, 2014

(EUREKALETT!) -- Like conventional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) may function as a "gateway drug"—a drug that lowers the threshold for addiction to other substances, such as marijuana and cocaine—according to the 120th Shattuck lecture, presented to the Massachusetts Medical Society by Columbia researchers Denise and Eric Kandel and published today in the online edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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AIBS analysis of peer review offers insights into research productivity

By Robert Gropp | September 04, 2014

(EUREKALETT!) -- In a paper published today in the journal PLOS One, investigators with the American Institute of Biological Sciences report findings from an analysis of the research output from a series of biomedical research grants funded after undergoing a scientific peer review process. The results, reported in 'The Validation of Peer Review Through Research Impact Measures and the Implications for Funding Strategies,' offer insights for future research on peer review and potential models for increasing research productivity.

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Off base, military kids struggle to find support

By Patricia Kime | September 04, 2014

(ARMY TIMES) -- Health of military families should be national priority, report says from Medill Washington on Vimeo.

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Updated: Judge Rules Texas School Finance System Is Unconstitutional

By RYAN POPPE | September 04, 2014

(TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO) -- Update (4:05 p.m.): In his final decision, Travis County District Judge John Dietz said that the property tax system set up to fund school districts was ineffective at distributing funding equally to campuses across the state.

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